“Because I didn’t come prepared to stay.”
“What did you come for?” asked Eddy.
Now, this might be mere idle curiosity, and Ross decided to accept it as that.
“No,” he said, slowly. “I’ll go back to the city and get my things.”
“It’s raining too hard,” Eddy declared. “It wouldn’t be healthy for you to go out just now, shover.”
This was a little too much for Ross to ignore.
“Just the same,” he insisted, “I’m going now.”
“Nope!” said Eddy.
Ross moved forward, and Eddy moved, too, so that he blocked the doorway. He was grinning, but there was an odd light in his eyes.
“Now, lookit here!” he said. “You just make yourself comfortable for the night, see?”